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Workplace Harassment & How to Put an End to It

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Some people mistakenly believe that harassment is necessarily associated with intimate harassment. So, the concept of harassment is close to the term “bullying”. Harassment can destroy their personality and family life, it can even lead to suicide. How can harassment be recognised? Features of the phenomenon.

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Why Women and Men Must Join Forces to Shatter the Glass Ceiling 

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Fast-forward to 2018: As the head of WE Communications’ Global Marketing Team, I was standing next to my boss for a picture. From across the conference room, I heard the CEO’s voice. Twirl,” he said. Excuse me?”. “I I said, twirl.”. He was the CEO. So I walked in a slow circle, too stunned to do anything else. Great,” he said. “I

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Workplace Gender Discrimination Is Alive And Well In 2021

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A study published in February, 2021 concluded that female academic internal medicine hospitalists routinely encounter gender-based discrimination and sexual harassment. Among 18 institutions surveyed, women frequently reported inappropriate touch, sexual remarks, gestures and suggestive looks. The young woman’s eyes arched.

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How Leaders Can Build a Harassment-Free Work Environment

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Every day, people are harassed at work. It is important to recognize that harassment has a significant impact on the safety and morale of an organization. They also need access to resources for reporting incidents of harassment, such as an internal hotline or website with links to external resources.

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What’s Keeping Indian Women From Taking On Leadership Roles?

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Learn about the impact of gender bias on women and what we can do to support women in the workplace. Women face sexual harassment almost everywhere. The #MeToo movement underlined this dark truth in the lives of women who suffered from sexual harassment in the workplace. Lack of security.

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The Purpose-Driven Life. Q&A with Natalie Rekstad Founder of Black Fox Philanthropy

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Today Natalie is the Founder of Black Fox Philanthropy, a leading fundraising strategy firm that exists to accelerate the social sector’s effectiveness in solving complex problems on a global scale. Natalie was raised in a household with a single mother and five siblings, and together they faced more than their share of hardships.

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Working and Drinking Remotely

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When telecommuting, there is no physical transition between work life and home life, and the lines between personal and professional, can get blurred. You as an employee, have more freedoms and can more easily hide behind a computer screen. This may stress you out, feeling the need to fight or flight all the time.